John Jones who had opened the Llanddulas quarry in
the 1820s and had later gone bankrupt, applied to the Crown Commisioners for a
lease at the rocks at Penmaenrhos in the February of 1858.The Commisioners
were not happy with the references obtained for himself or his proposed partners.The
lease was eventually granted to Raynes & Lupton the quarry was opened by them
and a forth jetty built along this coast.

1849
saw the Railway opened along the coast, this then gave the quarries an alternative
means of moving the limestone.The picture on the right shows the sidings at
Raynes quarry, the houses still remain on Llysfaen station road.

The
view from Clobryn, the towering chimneys of the lime kilns, lime burning at the
quarries started in the late 1800s and ended in 1945.The last of the chimneys
was demolished in 1952.